Guest kian Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I really like the interpretation the Japanese have of IDM. Himuro is really awesome, there are two Himuro This song Himuro - Die Faultiere is good http://songfountain.com/discussion/92 The other HImuro isHimuro Yoshiteru, hopefully I am not confusing the same person lol. There is another Japanese producer I found on the same site called aus, which is great too. Does anybody know any other artists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Arovane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Arovane Oh kool, Arovane is Japanese. His style is definitely similar. Same with Xela and Yasume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Hyu is leaps and bounds my favorite japanese idm/electronic musician. Check out the album by him called Wild Cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Hyu is leaps and bounds my favorite japanese idm/electronic musician. Check out the album by him called Wild Cards Nice! I'll check it out now. There is another good one Jemapur - Maledict Car -> I remember he did some remixes for Merck on the Machine Drum remix album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) sorry i got the album name wrong, the one i would actually recommend is Hyu's Random Walkers Delight, it's some of the catchiest 'pop' music i've heard that actually have no vocals and i always use this discogs review of the LP to convince people how awesome it is This release is a perfect example of an album that will never in a million years get the attention it deserves. An unfortunate circumstance for a talented artist like Hyu, and certainly unfortunate for anyone else who falls into the same boat. Random Walker's Delight is a ridiculous blast from start to finish, where technical sound expertise meets a dizzying array of pop-electronica, experimental ambience and glitchy IDM, just to name a few. And yet, it manages to sound nothing like these things. It understands it's reference points and completely disregards them and their standard conventions, something that is admirable in many Japanese musicians. Hyu's previous album hinted at these qualities, but it wasnt until this album that they were executed perfectly, with unbelievable results. So while the rest of the electronic world is hung up on ridiculous trends, self actualized irony, and a false understanding of what they think is innovative, truly great and unique artists like Hyu will get routinely ignored. if you want to find out about a lot of other Japanese idm artists look no further than one of the most comprehensive resources, Child Disc records - http://www.discogs.com/label/Childisc off the top of my head another cool release on here - Asao Kikuchi - What Must They Be Saying? Edited November 25, 2010 by Awepittance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) Arovane, Xela, Yasume, Himuro none of these producers with the exception of himuro (who is quite good if i may say so) are japanese, although they do of course have various japanese themes flowing through their music's Edited November 25, 2010 by troon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Arovane, Xela, Yasume, Himuro none of these producers with the exception of himuro (who is quite good if i may say so) are japanese, although they do of course have various japanese themes flowing through their music's Ah I see, that's really interesting, sorry for my mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 susumu yokota, ryuichi sakamoto, kouhei matsunaga and toshio munehiro are my favorite japanese producers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I remember I had a compilation a long time ago from Japan. I remember my favorite artist on it being "web". I I couldn't find any info on him/them/her. The Japs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) I know Shinichi Osawa is kind of poppy, but he's really awesome too. This song on his soundcloud is nasty! http://songfountain.com/discussion/206 Sakamoto came to LA, but I missed it! Tickets were sold out! Edited November 25, 2010 by kian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) Several japanese electronic producers that I have listened to have a special aesthetic, even though I wouldn't label many of them as IDM. I suggest: Arc Of Doves World's End Girlfriend Tomoyoshi Date Kaito Katzo Masayoshi Fujita Ametsub Computer Soup Minamo Ryuichi Sakamoto's collabs Daisuke Miyatani Matrix There are countless independent labels in Japan that release very interesting music that doesn't get much attention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUEWq52UbPI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZEx9BCWsDI Edit: What made you think Arovane, Xela and Yatsume were japanese? Edited November 25, 2010 by Enter a new display name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cult fiction Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 More electro pioneers than IDM, but if you haven't listened to Yellow Magic Orchestra you have not truly lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Park Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 cant believe no ones mentioned Utabi yet. [youtubehd]KuvYCbssGoY[/youtubehd] also Mochipet [youtubehd]RCeIW_NsL84[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Several japanese electronic producers that I have listened to have a special aesthetic, even though I wouldn't label many of them as IDM. I suggest: Arc Of Doves World's End Girlfriend Tomoyoshi Date Kaito Katzo Masayoshi Fujita Ametsub Computer Soup Minamo Ryuichi Sakamoto's collabs Daisuke Miyatani Matrix There are countless independent labels in Japan that release very interesting music that doesn't get much attention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUEWq52UbPI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZEx9BCWsDI Edit: What made you think Arovane, Xela and Yatsume were japanese? Awesome list, will check out all of those guys. I only know World's End Girlfriend, there are really good. I though they were Japanese because of their names even though that sounds like ridiculous logic lol. Also there style is kind of minimal and one of Arovane's songs is Cry Osaka Cry lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Btw, I put all the youtube links to keep up here http://songfountain.com/tag/idm to keep up with everything lol and I got summary of the all the artists haha. Sorry for the grammar mistakes there edit button goes away quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 joseph nothing com.a milky-chu nuearz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest futuregirlfriend Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 geskia, oorutaichi, arche type, baleine 3000, dj klock, aus, kazumasa hashimoto, arrow tour, gutevolk, piana, takagi masakatsu, ah this is enough typing, ryoma maeda and his brother's aliases, romz records, childisc, 19-t records, midi creative/noble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) I really like the Japanese Poppy Dancey type stuff like: Capsule (Capsule - Hello: http://songfountain.com/discussion/26) Perfume Meg (Meg - Telephone: http://songfountain.com/discussion/250) Aira Mitsuki Anybody a fan of bossa nova? Any bossa nova electronic fusion type artists? Edited November 27, 2010 by kian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springymajig Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I really like the Japanese Poppy Dancey type stuff like: Capsule (Capsule - Hello: http://songfountain.com/discussion/26) Perfume Meg (Meg - Telephone: http://songfountain.com/discussion/250) Aira Mitsuki Anybody a fan of bossa nova? Any bossa nova electronic fusion type artists? I love this kinda stuff, Capsule are awesome! I also really like some Shibuya Kei stuff like Cornelius, and the occasional Pizzacato Five song. And of course the first two Katamari Damacy soundtracks. Never heard of Perfume or Aira Mitsuki... only have a coupla Meg songs. I really like this, although it might be a little too poppy for your liking... the melody at the end never fails to make me melt (excuse the lame AMV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U0PROW7Ef4 And of course there's Susumu Hirasawa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMc2EW6Pmkk Also, this isn't japanese, but I just bought an album by an australian dance group called Bag Raiders and it reminds me of stuff like Capsule: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feA64wXhbjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springymajig Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Oh yeah there's a couple of bossa nova type songs on the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Oh yeah there's a couple of bossa nova type songs on the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. Awesome! I will check out for sure. Yeah I totally forgot Cornelius, he's amazing and his remixes are sick too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kian Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Shibuya Kei is great, I really like Towa Tei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markedone Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 JEMAPUR is fucking amazing. took me by storm when I first heard him a year ago, Evacuation is just incredible JEMAPUR is fucking amazing. took me by storm when I first heard him a year ago, Evacuation is just incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markedone Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) (sry slow internet here, doubleposted) but Jemapur is good, I made a music video for this track: It's not as good as the fantastic official set of videos for him though, Aanaatt Clarate (ft Cutsigh on guitar) Edited November 27, 2010 by Marked x 0ne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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